The league table in A-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Western Sydney Wanderers leading Perth Glory by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (7) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League
Wanderers have less rest than Perth Glory in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wellington Phoenix, was also a home game here at Bankwest Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Western Sydney Wanderers have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
A nice win for Western Sydney Wanderers last time playing, versus Wellington Phoenix. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-3 with Kwame Yeboah, Daniel Wilmering, Jordon Mutch and Mitchell Duke scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Western United with a 1-0 scoreline.
A goal frenzy last time out for Western Sydney Wanderers, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Wellington Phoenix. Fun stuff to watch! The victory against Wellington Phoenix came after Kwame Yeboah's winning goal. The Wanderers manager C. Robinson was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 71st minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western Sydney Wanderers as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Wanderers has won four of these, drawn five and lost three.
Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bankwest Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Wanderers have conceded 10 from these games.
Perth Glory form and stats
Playing away, Perth Glory, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the A-League this season.
Perth are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Central Coast Mariners (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wellington Phoenix wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Liam Reddy had red hot gloves after the game against Central Coast Mariners, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. As mentioned above, Perth drew the match against Central Coast Mariners. Manager R. García brought on Nicholas D'Agostino to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Perth Glory in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Perth, one draw and four defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Perth are regular goalscorers on their travels. Perth have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Wanderers wins - draws - Perth Glory wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 7 goals |  N. D'Agostino 5 goals |   K. Yeboah 3 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
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| Western Sydney Wanderers | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 89% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.8 | 16.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 38% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 49% |
- All of Perth Glory's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most scored goals (12) away in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most matches under the total-line (7) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Sydney | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Western United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 7 |